Band 6+: The graphs below show how people in a European city reached their office and got back home in 1959 and 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie chart gives information about the proportion of what types of vehicles that European employees used to go to work and returned to home from 1959 to 2009.

In general, the average distance and average duration witnessed a dramatic rise from 1959 to 2009. Noticeably, most people went to work on foot in 1959, this was contrasted to the tendency in 2009 while car was the most popular means of transport.

In 1959, 55% of people who went to work on foot, which is the dominant at that time, however, this figure for foot reduced by half in 2009, with roughly 25%. In contrast, despite standing at 10% at the beginning, the percentage of people who used car surged by three times, surpassing the figure for foot, with 35% in 2009.

A similar pattern can be seen in the figure for other means of transport when it increased significantly from 5% to 12% at the end of period time. While bus witnessed a slight decrease from 15% to 13% in 2009, the figure for train was unchanged, which retained at 15% throughout the time.